The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-12
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
Sixty saloons have been closed at Duluth
BY high license.
The portion Of Osakis, burned last Jan
uary Il being rapidly rebuilt.
Eight saloon licenses have been granted
At Lake City, until July l.
The Duluth harbor was free from ice
May s, and . number of boats cleared.
1hirty-two Mankato saloons have taken
out licenses for May and June.
Thirteen marriage licenses were issued in
Washington county during April.
Christian Peterson, an incorrigble Red
Wing. youth, has been sent to the reform
school.
Only ffty-four Of the lis saloons at Duluth
will continue business under the high
license law.
At Hastings on the morning Of April 30,
several persons were stunned BY lightning
but mono seriously injured.
Rev. C. E. Pollock, formerly OF Mankato,
preached his first sermon in the First
AI0ouy SSiAou CuuISu ~ C0iSue ro1AS AuS1
Sunday.
Gov. McGill will address the graduates of
the Normal in st. Cloud some time during
commencement week. The commencement
exercises begin June |.
At Fergus Falls, Saturday, the hve-year-
old boy of Mrs. Stena Rudh, while playing
on the bridge, was frightened by passing
runaway horse and fell into the river and
was drowned.
May 4th Frank Shuttle, . single man
thirty-f five years of age living in the town
Of Farming, Stearns county, committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the head with q
shotgun. He was . farm hand, and no
cause ID known for the act.
At Austin, Mower Co., three hundred and
seventy-six instruments were filed for
record with the register of deeds during
April OF these about one hundred were
deeds conveying property amounting to
$125, 900. These transfers far exceed in
number those Of the corresponding month
OF 1886.
Bismarck Special: The first sale Of terri
torial bonds took p ace at the capital to-day
| Saturday, the amount being $35.00O, and
| the bonds ~ per cent. They sold for q
premium OF I per cent. including the ac-
crued interest 1t Is believed that the $64O, :
coo to be sold in June will bring . good
premium.
/ At Clearwater, on tho night of May 3,
burglars entered at the back window Of
| 3. NJ. Phillips drug store, blew open the
safe with powder and carried of about
showed the hand OF Z professional. The
plate was drilled by the use of q common
bit stock, taken from . neighboring wagon
shop, and fine drill.
April 80, . large barn on the farm OF
Tom Stern, Maine Prairie, Stearns county,
was struck by lightning and burned. The
machinery, ETC., and forty head Of stock in
the basement. AL the stock was saved.
One hog was somewhat burned, but not
seriously. Insurance, $500.
About midnight on the 5th, fire broke ou
IN tho Mills b Hought,n planning mill al
Elk River and in two hours that property
the saw mill and five story Touring mill
elevator and lumber yards OF the company
chair and furniture factory, hotel an,
barns and blacksmith shop were in ashes
Mills & HoughtOn's loss is $4,000, with
about $4,000 insurance.
Tho Waseca summer assembly begin,
July 5th. and continues seventeen days
The new ampitheater now being erected a.
MaplewOod Park will have q seating capa(
ity for $500, with handsome offices ane
speakers platform. The association ha
ordered Q windmill and an immense tank
and the park Is to be provided with exten
sive water works supplied from the new
mill.
On April 20 general order was ISSUED
from the Office Of the adjutant-general, 81
correcting and changing . portion Of th'
affair, as to place Col. Bend with the SAM
rank as when appointed colonel Of the frs
record. This was done after consultation
with ex-Gov. Hubbard, and virtually ex
punges the order Of suspension issued b,
! the Ex-Governor. This action rescinds Ger
tain important orders made under the for
mer administration.
About six O'Clock Sunday evening fierc,
storm burst upon St Paul, Minneapolis
Duluth and other places. The wind was
gale, the rain . flood and the hail like th
damage was done by wind and hail, SOM
buildings being injured and glass broken t
an unprecedented extent. AT MinneapOli
. window glass suffered to some extent A
Duluth considerable damage was done b,
; the torrents of water, cellars and basemen
J hail, some Of tho stones exceeding in size
small peach.
} The Willard Hotel, at Brainerd, Mimi
, took fire from the kitchen at a. M, May 4
! and was totally destroyed. The house wa
full of guests, who barely escaped in thei
night garments and some on third foo
, could only get out by the aid Of ladder
and ropes from the windows. The Madison
Square Comedy Company lost their outfit
though the treasurer by throwing it ou
: the window saved his trunk cor
, tanning 81, 200. The head cook lost 500, i
, being burned in her trunk. The landlord
w. w. Hartley loses $1,000 on fixtures. &c
; with $500 insurance The losses Of guest
!. and boarders reach the amount of $1,000 0
$1,000. The hotel was built in 1883, at th
cost Of $50, 900; insured for $4,000.
Fire broke out in the engine room or tn
Hersey & Bean saw mill at Saltwater, Sa,
urday evening, and the destruction whic
; could not be averted was practically con
pleted inside of two hours, and comprise
the total of the little saw mill, the planin
{ | mill filled with very expensive machiner,
the railroad trestle works in the yards, th
drying shed and contents, besides man
piles OF lumber on the outskirts. The los
D may be tabulated as follows: Planning mil
$1,000; machinery In planing mill, $500
I mill. $4,000; railroad platform and trestl
work, $4,000. The ample appliances fo
/, fighting fire and the energy Of the hreme
> saved many hundred thousand dollars c
! property from destruction.
i DAKOTA.